U.S. Businesses at Risk for Major Cyber Attack, IT Pros Say
The Business Software Alliance (BSA), with its media partner Business 2.0 Magazine, released the results of a poll today of information technology professionals in which half of all IT pros (47%) say that U.S. businesses are at risk of a major cyber attack in the next 12 months. Additionally, nearly 2-in-3 IT Pros (62%) say the risk of a major cyber attack on the U.S. has increased since 9/11. Moreover, more than 2-in-3 IT pros (68%) say there is a gap between the threat of a major cyber attack and U.S. businesses` ability to defend against it. Nearly 3-in-4 IT Pros (71%) say that U.S. businesses should devote more time and resources to defending against cyber attacks than it did to addressing Y2K issues. Full Story